Board

Jeannie Affelder

Chair

Actor & Philanthropist

Oak Park, IL

Juatise Gathings

Vice Chair

DE&I and Operations Leader

Chicago, IL

Stacey Williams

Immediate Past Chair

Philanthropist

River Forest, IL

Kirstin Wells

Treasurer

Economist, Federal Reserve Board

River Forest, IL

Mike Abbott

Secretary

Senior Director, Distributor Operations and Analytics, Molson Coors

Northbrook, IL

Tom Abrahamson

Executive Counsel, Lipman Hearne; Founder, Rewired LLC

Oak Park, IL

Nineveh Alkhas

Partner, Latham & Watkins

Chicago, IL

Melissa Andrews

Marketer, Systems Creator, and Technologist

Chicago, IL

Tyrone Branch

Principal of Risk Process Improvement, Discover Financial Services

Chicago, IL

Kristin Carlson Vogen

Associate Vice President of Philanthropic Strategies & Innovation, Chicago Community Trust

Chicago, IL

Kevin Cunningham

Partner & Deputy General Counsel, William Blair

La Grange, IL

Ernest Cato, III

Retired Chief, Bureau of Counterterrorism, Chicago Police Department

Chicago, IL

Larry Ettner

Retired Professor of Management Practice, Atkinson School of Management, Willamette University

Lake Forest, IL

Jackie Hairston

Philanthropist

Winnetka, IL

Sheila Harris

Director of Operations, Beyond Hunger

River Forest, IL

Macquline King

Senior Director of Educational Policy, City of Chicago

Chicago, IL

Randy Klein

Regional Vice President, KBP Foods

Elburn, IL

Denise Tollinche

Philanthropist

Chicago, IL

Nancy Van Grinsven

Philanthropist

Chicago, IL

Julie Wilen

Executive Director, Pritzker Pucker Family Foundation

Chicago, IL